Essays and Research Papers on Holocaust Studies

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the role of the medical community in the Holocaust. A number of primary and secondary sources are presented. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

This 8 page paper discusses the significance of "Kristallnacht" ("Crystal Night"), which occurred in Germany November 9 and 10, 1938. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 14 page paper is a reaction to the study of the Holocaust, and surveys various materials used to describe it. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

A 6 page essay that explores 2 works. Yoshiko Uchida's memoir Desert Exile (1982) and Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers (1925). In these books, readers encounter the accounts of two women, each descended from first generation immigrants to America, each facing prejudice and obstacles and each coming to terms with the difficulty of being of ethnic ...

This 5 page paper examines the Holocaust and argues that it is entrenched primarily in prejudice. Anti-Semitism is discussed along with other ideas. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses some of the reasons for the Holocaust as well as the surprising Jewish indifference to it. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which analyzes “Night” by Elie Wiesel. No additional sources cited.

A 26 page paper. Four questions were posed for this paper; the responses to those questions are embedded in the text. Those questions are: Is it morally acceptable to use data obtained in Nazi Germany during World War II? Is the data so valuable that we should allow its use for treatments, etc.? By ...

A 14 page research paper that discusses the legality of the abduction of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina by the Israeli secret service and his subsequent trial. As background to this discussion, the writer also covers Eichmann's role in the Holocaust and his escape from American occupying forces and flight to Argentina. Bibliography lists 12 sources. ...

This 4 page paper discusses the way in which the Nazis used propaganda to manipulate the German population into going along with their extreme agenda. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses two books on the Holocaust: Victor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" and Elie Wiesel's "Night." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

3 pages in length. Hitler's orchestration of Mein Kampf was done in such a way that it served as the precursor for the massive human devastation that followed. Central to the underlying objective was the manner by which tremendous propaganda was imposed upon the global community, a ploy that proved both highly effective ...

This 7 page paper discusses the work of Holocaust survivor Tadeusz Borowski and what it tells us about his opinions of human nature, and man's future. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page paper. This essay considers Freud's theories about man's basic instincts as described in Civilization and Its Discontents and Malaparte's reports as recorded in Kaputt. The question is whether Freud's ideas about man's death or destruction instinct can really explain the horrors committed during World War II as reported by Malaparte. Bibliography lists ...

This 6 page paper discusses Simon Wiesenthal’s book “The Sunflower,” which describes his ordeal when a dying Nazi begs for his forgiveness. The paper also discusses the concept of “Tzedakah,” how it differs from charity and how it fits into Maimonides’ ladder. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page research paper/essay that discusses the role that was played by ideology, first in the massive genocide conducted by Nazi Germany, and then the role that it played in the genocide in Rwanda. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the Jewish experience in the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 15 page paper examines propaganda in both of these nations and time frames. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

A 6 page research paper that discusses genocide in general and, specifically, in regards to the Rwandan genocide, relating the discussion to the eight stages of genocide model formulated by Dr. Gregory Stanton. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Joe Sacco’s comic book “Palestine” with regard to whether or not it is a suitable medium for the subject it portrays. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

4 pages in length. From the very moment unsuspecting visitors enter the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, their senses are immediately accosted by alarming artifacts, suffering sounds, heartrending testimonies and an overall sense of doom, which is precisely what its creators wanted it to instill. Even the seemingly innocuous architecture was used as ...

This 3 page paper examines the definition of genocide as coined by Lemkin and then goes on to explore the situation in Rwanda. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 15 page paper that provides an overview of the Final Solution. Economic, ideological, and strategic contributions to the cause of the Final Solution are explored. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at German guilt and posits that it was good as a national dialectic as Jaspers predicted. The debates surrounding his metaphysical hypothesis led to Germany's purification. Bibliography list 8 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses Viktor Frankl’s book Man’s Search for Meaning, his work on what he calls logotherapy, and a hypothetical case that might need such intervention. Bibliography lists 2 sources.